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‘We’ve made a commitment to keeping Local Meetings connected to decisions made at a national level.’
11th October 2019

‘We’ve made a commitment to keeping Local Meetings connected to decisions made at a national level.’

by George Penaluna
‘In stillness we can ask ourselves whether there might be seeds of war within ourselves.’
27th September 2019

‘In stillness we can ask ourselves whether there might be seeds of war within ourselves.’

by Tim Gee
‘What part do I play in making my faith community more reflective of my neighbourhood?’
27th September 2019

‘What part do I play in making my faith community more reflective of my neighbourhood?’

by Gill Sewell
‘In the silence I brought my vanity and thoughtlessness into the Light.’
27th September 2019

‘In the silence I brought my vanity and thoughtlessness into the Light.’

by Rosie Carnall
‘The Divine is like water, tangible but hard to catch.’
27th September 2019

‘The Divine is like water, tangible but hard to catch.’

by Rhiannon Grant
‘If we have a testimony to Truth, and if testimony is faith in action, how clear is our witness?’
27th September 2019

‘If we have a testimony to Truth, and if testimony is faith in action, how clear is our witness?’

by John Lampen
Three bereavement poems
20th September 2019

Three bereavement poems

by Jean Harbour
‘What would our Yearly Meeting feel like if we were no longer able to sustain this work?’
20th September 2019

‘What would our Yearly Meeting feel like if we were no longer able to sustain this work?’

by Barbara Forbes
‘We must discard each mask, one after another, until finally nothing remains.’
20th September 2019

‘We must discard each mask, one after another, until finally nothing remains.’

by Tony D’Souza
‘Whose responsibility is it to draw up a school’s ethos statement?’
20th September 2019

‘Whose responsibility is it to draw up a school’s ethos statement?’

by Chris Culpin
‘Martha, Martha…’ (Luke 10:41)
20th September 2019

‘Martha, Martha…’ (Luke 10:41)

by Janet Scott
‘The left hemisphere of the brain, without sufficient input from the right, is overconfident.’
13th September 2019

‘The left hemisphere of the brain, without sufficient input from the right, is overconfident.’

by Jacqui Poole
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